Tunisia’s president has called for the imposed travel ban on citizens suspected of corruption, which is estimated to be affecting 0,4% of businessmen to be uplifted in a move geared towards contributing to the revival of the economy, and the promotion of the nation’s reconciliation which needs transparency. President Marzouki made these remarks during a [...]
Deutsche Bank has tipped the Tunisian economy to expand by 3% during the course of the year in a report it has recently released. The bank claimed that the economy grew by 3.6% last year. The economy is currently recovering from the effects of the revolution which ousted President Ben Ali two years ago. However, [...]
Tunisia is hoping that the United States will help it ease its economic difficulties after the government promised to guarantee almost a fifth of the $2.2 billion to $2.5 billion that the North African state will need to borrow next year. The minister of investment and international cooperation, Riadh Bettaib, said that the US government [...]
“Neither compensation nor hypocrisy, gang of thieves!”, “Poor people are in need of this money!” and “Shame on those who profit from their political battles!” Such were the slogans chanted by hundreds of angry Tunisians who were demonstrating outside of the building where the interim parliament holds its sessions. A bill which proposes the compensation [...]
Tunisia’s ex-president who was removed from power through a revolution has been sentenced to life in prison by a military court with more than 30 security officials handed different sentences. They are found guilty of playing a role in the killings during the revolution but the families of the victims are not satisfied with the [...]
Debate over the fragility of the coalition government in Tunisia led by Ennahda has been around for a while and it seems as if evidences are hastily coming forward. After the extradition of Libya’s former prime minister under the Ghadaffi regime without the consent of the president and the resignation of the anti-corruption minister during [...]
Toppled Tunisian president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who is taking refuge in Saudi Arabia with his family, has been sentenced by a military court to life in prison in absentia for his responsibility in the bloody crackdown on protesters in last year’s popular uprising. The Tunisian dictator, who ruled the North African country with an [...]
Latest African news
Recent Comments